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Children's Rights
11 December 2019Speech2019 Human Rights Day Oration
The Hon Peter McClellan AM QC 10 December 2019 I recently visited the Peace Memorial in Hiroshima. It is a confronting but moving experience. It is a memorial to the people the allies believed it necessary to kill to win the war. They were also intent on emphasising to the world that they had the most powerful weapon ever invented. They chose to detonate the bomb in an urban area rather than… -
Children's Rights
20 November 2019Publication
Children’s Rights in Australia: a scorecard
This scorecard tells the story of how well children’s rights are protected and promoted across Australia. It tells us where we are doing ok, where we should be doing much better, and where we do not yet know enough to make an assessment of our performance. -
Children's Rights
4 October 2019Media Release
UN calls for national action to protect the rights of children and young people in Australia
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is calling on Australia to prioritise raising the age of criminal responsibility as part of its Concluding Observations on Australia's performance in protecting the country's children and young people. This comes at a time when there is a strong push around the country to improve our responses to juvenile offending and do more to divert children… -
Children's Rights
5 May 2019Video
What are Human Rights?
his animated video introduces the concept of human rights – what are they, where do they come from and why are they important in Australia today? This video was developed to complement ‘The Story of Our Rights and Freedoms’ classroom resources for Years 7-10 History and Civics and Citizenship. These resources were developed in partnership with Cool Australia. You can view and download the -
Children's Rights
5 May 2019Video
What are children's rights?
This animated video introduces viewers to children's rights. For more information about children's rights visit: https://humanrights.gov.au/kids -
Children's Rights
22 February 2019Video
Child Safe Organisations
As part of the Child Safe Organisations project, the Australian Government commissioned the National Children’s Commissioner, Megan Mitchell, to lead the development of National Principles for Child Safe Organisations. Find out more at https://childsafe.humanrights.gov.au TRANSCRIPT: https://childsafe.humanrights.gov.au/... -
Children's Rights
17 January 2019Publication
Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2018)
Most Australian children grow up in safe and healthy environments and do well. However, there are some groups of children whose rights are not adequately protected, which impacts negatively on their wellbeing and ability to thrive. -
Children's Rights
17 January 2019Media Release
Commission welcomes National Apology
The Australian Human Rights Commission today welcomes the Prime Minister’s National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, which will take place this morning at Parliament House in Canberra. The National Children’s Commissioner, Megan Mitchell said it’s an incredibly significant and historic moment in time. “I applaud the Prime Minister in taking this… -
27 September 2018Webpage
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Children's Rights
19 September 2018Webpage
Children's Rights
Discover how the Human Rights Commission ensures that children and young people have a say when it comes to issues that impact their lives. -
Children's Rights
25 July 2018Media Release
National poll to give voice to Australian children
National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell is calling on Australia’s youngest citizens to have their voices heard in the 2018 Children’s Rights Poll. The Poll was developed by the University of Melbourne and ABC’s Behind the News program, in consultation with the Australian Human Rights Commission and young Australians. “The results of the 2018 Children’s Rights Poll will provide an -
Children's Rights
4 July 2018Publication
Commissioners and Guardians Communiqué 15-16 May 2018
The ACCG met in Perth, Western Australia on 15 and 16 May 2018. -
Children's Rights
13 June 2018Media Release
Commissioner welcomes Government response to Royal Commission
National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell welcomes the Federal Government’s commitment to a national apology to survivors of abuse, and the creation of a national office for child safety. The Government has today accepted or accepted in principle 104 of 122 recommendations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, with 18 recommendations still being … -
Children's Rights
16 April 2018Webpage
Child Safe Organisations and cultural safety
The Child Safe Organisations project prepared a background paper on cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people, to inform work on child safe organisations. Download the paper here: Cultural Safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people: A background paper to inform work on child safe organisations Cultural safety for… -
Children's Rights
26 March 2018Project
Reporting to the United Nations on Children's Rights
In September 2019, Australia appeared before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. This UN Committee monitors Australia’s progress in fulfilling its obligations under: • the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) • the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (OPSC) • the Optional … -
Children's Rights
27 February 2018Webpage
Children’s Rights Report 2017: Submissions Received
> Back to Childrens Rights Report 2017 Submissions made to the National Children’s Commissioner about young parents and their children Submission # Date Location 1 03.05.2017 Ella Kuskoff, Institute of Social Science Research, The University of Queensland 2 10.05.2017 Bernadette Black, Brave Foundation 3 10.05.2017 Bernadette Black, Brave Foundation 4 12.05.2017 Phillip Mendes and Jade… -
Children's Rights
27 February 2018Publication
What does the Children's Rights Report 2017 say?
This is the National Children's Commissioner's fifth report, which focuses on the rights and needs of young parents and their children. This version is for children and young people. -
Children's Rights
27 February 2018Publication
Children’s Rights Report 2017
This report outlines work the National Children's Commissioner has undertaken throughout 2016-17 to promote the human rights of children and young people in Australia. This year the major project has focused on the rights and needs of young parents and their children. -
Children's Rights
28 November 2017Publication
ACCG Statement on Youth Justice in Detention (2017)
The Australian Children’s Commissioners and Guardians (ACCG) is a coalition of independent commissioners, guardians and advocates for children and young people from around Australia -
Children's Rights
24 August 2017Project
Child Safe Organisations
The National Principles aim to provide a nationally consistent approach to creating organisational cultures that foster child safety and wellbeing across all sectors in Australia.